investigating donald trump s role in the january six insurrection has finally secured the testimony of former vice president, mike pence. i will talk to one of pence s former top aides and the day after i last spoke with volodymyr carr moussa, the russian opposition figure was arrested for speaking out against russia s invasion of ukraine. he has now been sentenced to 25 years in prison. his wife, the afghan-y tara bosa, goings me this morning. today s meeting of the velshi book club futures award-winning author, lauren broths, who is acclaimed story of marriage and identity with was removed from public shelves in her home state of. florida chill talked me about the book and the ban. velshi starts now. good morning to, you it is saturday april 29th and i m ali velshi. back in 2020, most of the country had not heard of his always ever. but as the montana legislature was in session that, year she was playing close attention to the bills that were being introduced. and she was
their blackberries, i remember that. a lot of stuff going on in the background. certainly, that does it for cnn news central. but don t go anywhere the lead starts right now. a new chapter in the battle over abortion rights, republicans and democrats unite. the lead starts right now. attempts to restrict abortions in two separate states shut down. i ll speak with a group of women who pulled off a legislative maneuver to stop one band from moving forward. plus, a new wave of russian attacks across ukraine, an apartment building among the targets hit. a cnn team is on the ground as the death toll continues to rise. and downsize, as more people turn to drugs such as ozempic to drop the pounds, it s taking a toll on household names in the weight loss industry. welcome to the lead, everyone, i m bianna golodryga in for jake tapper. we start in our health lead and the fight over access to abortion front and center as state legislatures are cracking down on abortio
never for busing white house photos were just made public showing then president obama and top officials as the historic mission to kill osama bin laden was playing. out the man behind the camera, former white house photographer, pete souza, he will join us this hour. welcome to our viewers here in united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. here in the situation room. tonight nearly two dozen ukrainians, men women and children, are dead. at least four children among the dead after a russian strike on a residential building. residents fearing that more bodies maybe found as crews continue to search the rubble from multiple missile attacks. cnn s dick paton walsh is on the ground for us in ukraine. nick, russia unleashing this new barrage just ahead unexpected ukrainian military counteroffensive. give us the latest. as is often the case, we simply don t know what russia thinks it was aiming at, if indeed it was too concerned about where it s missiles landed. but in
as we approach the 21st anniversary of 9/11 this sunday, it is america now standing with the british commonwealth, as it mourns the loss of its longest reigning monarch, queen elizabeth ii. this morning, we will remember her legacy and discuss the future of the british monarchy under the reign of king charles iii. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, september 9th. along with joe, willie, and me, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. presidential historian and rogers chair in the american presidency at vanderbilt university, jon meacham. and the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire is with us. the other big stories we re following this morning, and there are many, the justice department appeals the decision to grant a special master in the investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents. former trump adviser steve bannon indicted in new york city as he turned himself i
showdown with donald trump over those classified documents that were seized from his club mar-a-lago. the department of justice has given judge alien cannon until tomorrow to decide whether to restore their access to the classified material. if she refuses, doj lawyers say they will go to the 11th circuit court of appeals. judge cannon temporarily blocked the doj s access to the documents until a special master was assigned. on tuesday, the department told a judge any delay in the case will cause quote, irreparable harm to the government and the public. meanwhile, the january 6th congressional committee has been busy gathering new evidence. the committee subpoenaed secret service for records after learning some agency text messages from january 5th and sixth went missing. today, one panel member told our nicole wallace they are now getting a lot of new information. do you have new evidence that was not at your disposal at the time of the last public hearing and it, numerato